What language, which words and concepts are Arab spring-societies speaking? How do they narrate and understand their history in the making? Moroccan philosopher Abdou Filali-Ansary from the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilizations in London has analyzed this issue in his recent S. M. Lipset Lecture on Democracy in the World, now re-published by Resetdoc. In another article, Brahim El Guabli unveils the features and importance of prison literature throughout the contemporary Arab world.